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1001. The Temptation To Pass By On The Other Side

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... as long at its reasonable to do so. George: I never heard of that. Officer: It’s new, it is called the Good Samaritan Law, Let’s go. The series ends with them serving their time. The critics hated it. It was pretty bad but there was a redeeming quality to that last episode. For nine years Seinfeld's characters used, ridiculed, and made fun of everyone they met. The four of them were the Priest and the Levites of our modern world. We climb the ladder of success and FedEx gives you the world on time. This ...

1002. Three Small Steps in Our Journey of Faith

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and work as He directed. You see we have it all wrong when we say, “Well, I don’t have that much faith.” All it takes is a little boy’s faith. I have learned this simple truth: Jesus’ isn’t interested in the quantity of your faith just the quality of it. It only takes a mustard seeds worth if it’s genuine. III The third step that is a small one is serving is a duty. Let me be blunt: God owes us nothing. And if it is true that God owes us nothing, then we understand why self ...

1003. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... antonyms… the opposites… timidity, fearfulness, faintheartedness, cold feet. So for the purposes now, let me define the word like this: Grit is the courage to sense and seize the moment, and that is exactly what Bartimaeus did! Bartimaeus’ special qualities jump out of this story: his persistence, his boldness, his perseverance, his determination, his awareness of the power of this moment, his faith, his unwillingness to give in to the fear of embarrassment, his intense understanding (like the young ...

1004. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

1005. Sight for Blind Eyes

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... rabbi had spat upon the ground and made a muddy paste and applied it to your darkened sockets. What sort of magic was this? Many believed that there was some special power in the spittle of a famous man - the scientists of the day all said it had curative qualities. It was said to be protection from the poison of serpents, a guard against epilepsy, leprous spots could be cured, and it could even take care of a crick in the neck. But could it restore sight to one who had never known sight? Again, no time to ...

1006. The Apostles' Creed: Maker of Heaven and Earth

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the colonies, and in the days of Vatican II, when the worldwide Roman Catholic Church was shaken by new programs that still cause reverberations on every continent. And God is still at work today, working for love and justice and decency, wherever the work for these qualities of life goes on, whether in the churches, in state agencies or even in the halls of Congress. God will always work.(5) Remember that the next time you look in a mirror, squint at the reflection, and whisper, "God's not done with me yet ...

1007. Work (Labor Day)

Genesis 1:1 - 2:25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... labor. Therefore, let no man disdain...to follow him in a...common calling and occupation." For the Puritans, all of life - including work of any kind (not just church work) - belonged to God. Part of that understanding for the Puritans said something about the QUALITY of work. If our work belongs to God, how dare we do shoddy work? Addison Leitch, who used to teach at Pittsburgh Seminary wrote not long before he died about how he made himself unpopular at a college convocation at the end of a semester ...

1008. Growing in Faith

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Hope Tutoring Center. I doubt that we have any lack of willing workers, but I wonder if we have been offering enough opportunity. After I have been here a bit longer, I will find out. 3. Members perceive that their Sunday worship is of high quality. I hope so. We who are charged with arranging things try to make this a worthwhile hour. But can it be improved? Probably. 4. Members see their congregation as warm and friendly. Is First Presbyterian GENUINELY friendly? Do newcomers really feel welcome? Truth be ...

1009. A Wonderful Mother (In-Law)

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God, my God" (Ruth 1:16). What a magnificent pledge! What would prompt such a thing? Only that rare combination of loving qualities that supposedly are so rare in an in-law... acceptance, belief, concern..."ABC's" of building any kind of true relationship...acceptance, belief, concern. One more thing should be added. Naomi's traits should not be thought of as being limited to the making of ...

1010. Be Careful What You Wish For, You Just Might Get It!

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... mine used to be one of the most treacherous places you could go because poisonous gasses could form and snuff out your life before you had any idea there was a problem. So the miners would take a canary with them. The canary is much more sensitive to the quality of air around it than a human being. If it looked sick, drooped or fell dead, the miners knew that they had to get to the surface...and NOW! Prophets, both in ancient Israel and in the modern world, are like canaries in that they have a heightened ...

1011. David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11:1-27, 12:1-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sends him. David calls Uriah in, ostensibly for a report on the war. After hearing the news from the front, David tells Uriah, "Go down to your house, wash your feet (ahem, wink, wink)." In other words, go spend some "quality time" with Bathsheba. The Hittite leaves the king's presence, but instead of going down to his house he spends the night with the palace guards. You see, as one commentator has it, "Uriah belonged to the John McCain school of war: as long as his ...

1012. Who's The Boss?

Psalm 50:1-23

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to earn more and more so their families (whom they never see) will have everything their little hearts desire...except for some time with each other. Business people become convinced that nothing is more important than the bottom line - not quality, not dependability, not even honesty - just the bottom line. Politicians who deal with figures like a million here and a billion there become tempted to pass out financial rewards among supporters through questionable contracts, not to mention being tempted to ...

1013. I'm On a Mission from God!

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

... , acceptance of him as Savior and Lord, and new life as his disciples. The Church is called to be Christ's faithful evangelist: 1. Going into the world, making disciples of all nations. 2. Demonstrating by the love of its members for one another and by the quality of its common life the new reality in Christ. 3. Participating in God's activity in the world by a. Healing and reconciling and binding up wounds, b. Ministering to the needs of the poor, the sick, the lonely, and the powerless, c. Engaging in the ...

1014. Ask the Average Person...

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... All I want is to be happy." And I believe him. I believe that most people want to be happy. I believe that they work hard at making themselves happy. They buy books, attend classes, change their lifestyles, in an on-going effort to find that elusive quality, happiness. In spite of all that, I suspect that most people most of the time do not feel happy. As Thoreau said, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Oscar Wilde once wrote, "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting ...

1015. The Freedom in Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... my sons. And anyone who (disagrees) has never walked in my shoes." We can identify with that. Will Willimon, dean of the chapel at Duke, writes: "Forgiveness is not natural; it is not a universal human virtue. Vengeance, retribution, violence are more natural human qualities. It is natural for humans to defend themselves, to snarl and crouch into a defensive position when attacked, to howl when hurt, to bite back when bitten."(5) Did you hear about the pastor who quit to go to medical school? "Folks don't ...

1016. A World in Turmoil

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , but the average child is reported to log roughly 36,000 hours of television by age 18, viewing some 15,000 murders. What church or synagogue can even remotely keep pace with the myth of redemptive violence in hours spent teaching children or the quality of presentation? (Think of the typical "children's sermon" - how bland by comparison!)" With that kind of insight as a background, perhaps we should EXPECT what happened to Jesus. If things were not working out as the powers that be might want, STAMP IT ...

1017. He Rose Again

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... visited Koinonia, planning only to stay for a couple hours. Inspired by Dr. Jordan, however, the Fullers chose to make Koinonia their permanent home. Soon the organization changed its name to Koinonia Partners and started "Partnership Housing," a project to build quality, affordable homes for low-income area families. That eventually led to the creation of Habitat for Humanity which, in the years since, has seen the construction or rehabilitation of more than 200,000 homes for low-income families around the ...

1018. Welcoming Jesus

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... have, we will miss out on the Kingdom.(2) What is that perspective? Trust? Some. Dependence? A bit. Humility? A little, maybe. All of those are true to an extent (albeit, in my humble opinion as a father, only a SMALL extent). Actually, I think the childlike quality Jesus means most is the sense of wonder about life, the curiosity that is evident in those letters to God, the obvious joy in being alive, happily ready for whatever new adventure might come along. But for all the warm, fuzzy things we say about ...

1019. God Bless the Child

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... an infant's first year, and $10 down the line. In one of the most thorough studies reported, the Carolina Abecedarian Project (after the ABCs), followed 111 disadvantaged North Carolina kids for 21 years. Half were enrolled in a high-quality educational program from infancy to age five, while the control group got only nutritional supplements. All the children attended comparable public schools from kindergarten on. The result: those who attended preschool were less likely to drop out of school, repeat ...

1020. "A Friend Indeed"

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... well that they are even worse than us old folks. "Never before has so much meant so little to so many." The hour offered some interesting insights. Our Gross Domestic Product is now twice as large as it was in the 1950's, yet many Americans report that their quality of life is not as high as it was in that era. In 1948, 4% of Americans owned dishwashers, 1% owned color TV's, there were no microwave ovens, VCR's or personal computers. Today, 50% of us own dishwashers, 97% own color TV's; Microwaves, VCRs and ...

1021. What's in a Name?

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... people we love and respect. We choose those names, not simply to honor someone (although there is an element of that in our choice). We choose names of people we admire in the hope that our youngsters will grow up with the same virtues, the same good qualities, as are known in that individual whose name we have chosen. On the other side of the coin, we AVOID names for our kids which would conjure up traits which we would NOT want them to develop. We do not name our sons BENEDICT ARNOLD nor our daughters ...

1022. Would a Loving God Really Let Anyone Go to Hell?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... entity to which aionios can be applied - God. There is far more in aionios than simply a description of that which has no end. Punishment which is aionios is punishment which befits God to give and punishment which ONLY God can give. Aionios indicates quality, not quantity. Does that mean that there is a possibility that everyone will eventually be saved? Our tradition wants to say ABSOLUTELY NOT. But the scripture seems to speak with two minds on the subject. There are places where it seems to indicate YES ...

1023. Open the Eyes of My Heart

Ephesians 1:15-23, Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... it really was. I’ve seen that happen to people. It’s one reason churches need to listen to their visitors. What if we could see this church as newcomers see us? We grow so accustomed to the way our building looks and the way we treat strangers and the quality of our worship that we may no longer see things that could be improved. We ought to find a way for others to tell us what they think of us. But that’s also true in our individual lives. We need to see ourselves as others see us. There may ...

1024. Rock Solid Living

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... history make that judgment. But I believe you will agree that the former President is a wonderful ambassador for Christ. After his term as president of the United States, Jimmy Carter desperately wanted Americans to catch the vision of providing quality housing for under-resourced people. Rather than immediately hitting the speaking circuit, he and his wife Rosalyn bought hammers and started hitting nails for Habitat for Humanity. After months of embodying the vision, during which the entire nation had seen ...

1025. Jerry's Christmas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Clark D. Cowden

... . He lived in a small, but growing town on the edge of a big city, so there was always a lot of work to be done. He gained a reputation as the best in his field; he was honest, hard-working, didn't rip people off, and did a high quality job. Jerry made a lot of money in his business. He was able to purchase ten acres of land, and built himself a mansion of a house, for himself and his six kids. People used to drive by just to look at what a fabulous house it was. Jerry taught ...

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